6 Minute English

  • Autor: Vários
  • Narrador: Vários
  • Editor: Podcast
  • Duración: 30:58:44
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Sinopsis

Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Wednesday. Each programme is six minutes long and contains examples and explanations to help you improve your knowledge of the English language across a wide range of topics.

Episodios

  • Body language online

    09/12/2021 Duración: 06min

    How can we make video conferences feel more natural? That's what Sam and Neil talk about.

  • The Human Library: Life as an open book

    02/12/2021 Duración: 06min

    Would you like to borrow a person for a half-hour candid conversation?

  • How green is nuclear energy?

    25/11/2021 Duración: 06min

    How safe is a nuclear plant in a world of climate extremes? Listen to Neil and Sam.

  • Why we forget the things we learn

    18/11/2021 Duración: 06min

    Georgina and Rob talk about memory and teach you vocabulary along the way.

  • Why is Super Mario so popular?

    11/11/2021 Duración: 06min

    We talk about a famous video game character from the 80s.

  • Should fast food sponsor sport?

    04/11/2021 Duración: 06min

    Is it right for companies selling unhealthy products to sponsor sporting events?

  • Grime: Music from architecture

    28/10/2021 Duración: 06min

    We talk about the music of Wiley and Stormy, and teach you related vocabulary.

  • Where do your tips go?

    21/10/2021 Duración: 06min

    We talk about tipping: the act of giving extra money to someone that has served you well.

  • Angela Merkel

    14/10/2021 Duración: 06min

    Sam and Neil talk about the influential German leader and teach you related vocabulary.

  • Smart tech and climate change

    07/10/2021 Duración: 06min

    Could AI be used to help fight against climate change?

  • Going through the menopause

    30/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Why don't people talk more about this aspect of women's lives?

  • Bitcoin's energy cost

    27/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Bitcoin: is it an investment option for ordinary people?

  • I love my language!

    23/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Neil and Sam talk about a woman's effort to keep her language alive.

  • Why are people collecting NFTs?

    20/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    What are 'non-fungible tokens'? That's what Neil and Sam talk about in this programme.

  • Robot Artists

    16/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Will Robots ever be able to think or dream? Could they fall in love or create art?

  • Bats: Friend or foe?

    13/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Learn more about these furry flying mammals with Neil and Sam.

  • Is the planet warming up faster?

    09/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Some extreme weather events are puzzling scientists.

  • Is technology harmful to youngsters?

    06/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Can spending hours online affect the new generation's mental health?

  • Is chimp politics like ours?

    02/09/2021 Duración: 06min

    Just like humans, chimps live in social groups, have leaders and a desire for power.

  • Making sense of the census

    26/08/2021 Duración: 06min

    What's behind counting people in a country? Neil and Sam talk about the census.

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